History of asceticism in the Syrian Orient
Subtitle: a contribution to the history of culture in the Near East
Series: Corpus scriptorum Christianorum orientalium -- v. 184, 197, 500 -- Subsidia -- t. 14, 17, 81; Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium -- v. 184, etc; Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium -- t. 14, etc
Publisher: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO
Published: 1958
Place of publication: Louvain
Language: eng
Subjects: Asceticism; History; Ascetics; Biography; Monasticism and religious orders; Syriac Christians
Notes: Vol. 3 has imprint: Louvain : E. Peetrs.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: 1. The origin of asceticism.  Early monasticism in Persia.; title: 2. Early monasticism in Mesopotamia and Syria.; title: 3. [without special title].